First-Year Student Success Courses
Off to a strong start: articulating clear purposes and best practices in first-year success courses
Charge to the committee
Final Working Group Report
Membership
- Emily Haddad (Chair), Dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Lynn Atkins, Instructor in Biological Sciences
- Kate Axelsen-Foster, Assistant Director – Employer Relations
- Orlina Boteva, Director of International Programs
- Andra Bowen, Associate Director of Residence Life
- Alice Bruce, Professor of Chemistry
- Sandra De Urioste-Stone, Assistant Professor of Nature Based Tourism
- Michelle Gayne, Assistant Director, Advising and Academic Services Center
- M Plymale Larlee, Lecturer in Academic Writing
- Natalie Machamer, Lecturer in Chemistry
- Daniel Puhlman, Assistant Professor of Family Studies
- Olivier Putzeys, Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
- Kate Ruskin, Lecturer in Ecology and Environmental Sciences
- Joshua Stanhope, Assistant Director of Fraternity, Sorority Affairs and Leadership Development
- Claire Sullivan, Coordinator of Community Engagement
Resources
- EAB Promoting Timely Degree Completion
- Onboarding, engagement and the first-year experience
- The Impact of Information Literacy Instruction on Student Success: A Multi-Institutional Investigation and Analysis
- College Transition Collaborative: Communications Management Guidelines
- NY Times article Who Gets to Graduate?
- The Impact of Social Belonging Interventions on Student Retention and Persistence in College